I took a video eo to show how this top is going. I am totally not sure how to join all the squares But at the moment I am continuing with the next square by knotting on a different colour. The yarns are from my stash and are a mix of cotton yarns. The purple feels very soft like brushed cotton. I have quite a bit of this colour.

However these super squared tops that I spotted on Pinterest are so pretty, I have decided to to use up some cotton yarn in my stash. Photos of progress to come, the pic I am posting is from Pinterest. I have completed quite a few Squares including some new open weave stitches which are so Easy to do!

Happy May Day! The sun is shining in N Yorkshire and we are putting up our greenhouse. The frame is up and this afternoon we will be putting in the glass. Is it sunny where you are? What was your last major project? How did it go?

I usually host a Chunky Blanket Hand Knitting class, but with warmer weather here, I thought a blanket would be too heavy. I started looking for chunky tote patterns online, but all used yarn i would have to buy and I wanted to make the cost and process easy. Then, I remembered the simple chain and slip stitch methods that @Roslyn Hill teaches combined with finger crochet methods and designed this tote!

I am interested in crochet projects, especially when the word explore comes up. For more than a decade I have been rethinking crochet. How we teach it and we learn it. As part of my profession as a teacher I am well aware of how we need to adapt our teaching methods to be inline with the student we teach. When we pick up a book on how to crochet, there is a long tradition about how this is done. I discovered that it is possible to use a latch hook to crochet. It enables the learner to create experimental stitches which are easy to work with this hook. In my first book I called it “picking up stitches”. At the time, until I began teaching it, I didn’t realise how significant this is! I was already a freeformer, so I knew how helpful the latch hook was when making a bullion stitch. Over time I began to show beginners how to turn the”foundation chain legnth” into a flower, using a latch hook. Also how to hook in anywhere and create a Beastie brooch or a bracelet that young students could wear. I have created a list of over 50 beginners projects , which can be kept as treasures. Some of which can be used in collage garden pictures. No frogs in these flower beds!